(MedPage Today) — No matter what we do, there never seems to be a perfect answer. That’s why they call it “the art of medicine.” Built into our electronic health record (EHR) are multiple best practice alerts, recommendations based on a patient… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — In part 2 of this exclusive video interview, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, and Paul Offit, MD, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, discuss the nuances of COVID misinformation… Powered by WPeMatico
The anchor exhibitor has been working on data exchange for a long time. With the FHIR spec now widespread and becoming normative, good things are starting to happen across a variety of different use cases – and the company plans to show how it’s helping. Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — “Parents kept saying that ‘We left the EpiPen in the car, [so] we threw it away, we were scared if it got hot.’ So we said OK, well, let’s look at the car temperature.” — Richard Lowenthal, president and CEO of ARS Pharmaceuticals… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — In Dallas, Texas, people living south of Interstate 30 (I-30) die approximately 20 years before people living north of I-30, on average. The communities are poor and the region has few medical facilities. The opportunity for… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — Nearly $400 billion in revenue. In January, UnitedHealth Group (UHG) released its 2023 financials. It paints a vivid picture — not just of financial success and wealth transfers — but of a healthcare Goliath seemingly… Powered by WPeMatico
(MedPage Today) — I can’t stop thinking about “customer satisfaction” — which is weird because I don’t actually have customers. I’m a primary care doctor for a group of patients in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and have done so for almost 20… Powered by WPeMatico
Also: The ALPHV BlackCat ransomware group may have faked a second government takedown, while the extent of the protected-data leak is still unknown. Powered by WPeMatico
Autonomous medical coding has been viewed as the province of large academic medical centers that could afford to experiment with cutting-edge technology. Today it is starting to be viewed as a necessary tool for all health systems. Powered by WPeMatico